Turn-down collar.



H. R. DUDLEY.

TURN DOWN COLLAR.

APPLlcATloN man sanza. 1914.

Patented Apr. 18,1916.

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HENRY R. DUDLEY, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 0F O1\TEHALF T0DAVID W. THOMPSON, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TURN-DOWN COLLAR.

Application filed September 23, 1914.

To all lLo/om it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY It. DUDLEY, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements; inTurn-Down Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a turn-down apparel collaradapt-ed to permit a four-in-hand necktie to slip freely endwise betweenthe neck band and the turndown or outer portion of t-he collar so thatthe tie may be adjusted endwise in knotting it without the usualdifliculty due to the binding of the collar on the tie at the backportion of the wearers neck.

The invention consists in the i1nprove ments which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

0f the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:Figure 1 represents a view of the inner side of a turn-down collarembodying my invention; Fig. 2 represents a side view of the outer sideof the collar, a part of the turndown portion being broken away; Fig. 3yrepresents an enlarged section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. si represents a sectional view showing the parts of the collar in the relativepositions they occupy during the laundrying operation; Fig.

` portion of the tab which is then the lower' 5 represents a viewsimilar' to Fig. et, showing the tab hereinafter referred to bentoutwardly and downwardly from the line of its attachment to the neckband of the collar.

The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe views.

In the drawings, 12 represents the neck band portion of aturn-downcollar, and 13 represents the outer or downwardly turned portion of thecollar, sometimes called the iiap portion, the collar being, exceptingas hereinafter specified, of ordinary or any suitable construction, andthe neck band portion being provided with the usual end buttonholes 111and central buttonhole 15.

In carrying out my invention I apply to the neck band 12 the tab 16preferably of fabric similar to that used for the neck band. Said tab isnarrower than the neck band and is i'irst laid flat upon the latter inthe position indicated by Fig. il. That edge Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented A531318, 1916..

serial No. 863,204.

edge portion is then united to the neck band by a. longitudinal row ofstitches 17 extending lengthwise of the band and about midway betweenits upper and lower edges and close to the said lower edge portion ofthe tab. The width of the tab is such that its free or unattachedportion extends from the stitches 17 nearly to the upper edge of theneck band 12, its attached edge portion being considerably above therear buttonhole 15.

rIhe tab occupies the position shown by Fig. 1lwhile the collar is beinglaundried, so that the side of the tab which is outermost is renderedsmooth and anti-frictional by the laundrying iron and the starch withwhich the collar is treated. After the laundiving operation the freeportion of the tab is bent outwardly and downwardly along a. line closeto and parallel with the stitches 17, as indicated by Figs. 3 and 5, toform a tie-guiding fold located below the upper edge of the neck band 12and below the usual fold of the collar, and a tie-guiding lip projectingdownwardly from said tie-guiding fold between the parts 12 and 13 of thecollar. The said tie-guiding fold and lip prevent a necktie 18 fromrising to contact with the fold of the collar. The side of the tab onwhich the anti-frictional face is formed by the laundrying operationconstitutes a continuous antifrictional tie-guiding surface which bearson the upper edge and outer side of the necktie when the tab is adjustedfor use, so that the necktie is adapted to slip freely endwise while incontact with the tab.

The tab 16 constitutes a flexible guard rib carried by the neck bandportion as a permanent part thereof, said rib being arrangedintermediate the height of the neck band portion, and spaced asubstantial distance from the upper and lower edges thereof. In otherwords, the said flap or guard rib is located a substantial distancebetween the line of connection between the band portion and the flapportion where the fold of the collar is made and also located asubstantial distance above the lower edge of the neck band portion.

IIaving described my invention, I claim:

1. A turn-down collar having a tie-guiding tab adapted to lie flatagainst the upper portion of the outer surface of the neck band andattached to the latter by a longitudinal row of stitches passing throughthat edge portion of the tab which is the lower edge portion when thetab is fiat, the exposed side of the fiat tab being adapted to berendered antifrictional by an iron during the laundrying operation, thetab being bent along a line close to and parallel with said stitches toform a tie-guiding fold located below and parallel with the fold of thecollar, and adapted to prevent the tie from rising to Contact with thecollar fold, and a tie-guiding lip projecting downwardly from thetie-guiding fold between the neck band and the outer portion of thecollar, the said fold and lip having a continuous antifrictionaltie-guiding surface formed by the antifrictional laundried side of theflat tab.

2. In a turned-down collar, a neckband portion and a flap portion, aflexible guard-y rib carried by the neckband portion as a permanent partthereof and arranged intermediate the height of said neckband portionand spaced a substantial distance from the upper and lower edgesthereof.

3. In a folding collar, a neckband portion, a iap portion, a flexibleguard-rib permanently connected to the neckband portion and at the outerside thereof, said guard-rib being located a substantial distance belowthe line of connection between the band portion and the flap portionwhere the fold is made and also located a substantial distance above thelower edge of said neckband portion.

In testimony whereof I have afiXed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY R. DUDLEY.

Titnesses C. F. BROWN, P. W. PEZZETTI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

